Issue 1, Number 3 - Fall/Winter 2011

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FEATURE ARTICLES

PFMC NEWS

PFMC Members Speak
Tilting at Medicare: Progress in the reimbursement battles
By Ted Mazer, MD 

PFMC’s newest members welcomed

HEALTHCARE REFORM

The Future of Health Care
Local voice in national health policy
Valerie Brown, Sonoma County Supervisor

What Local Leaders Are Saying
Why I Care About Healthy Kids
By Efren Carrillo, Sonoma County Supervisor

Patient Navigators 
What are they? How can they help improve health care?
By Pam Koppel

Needed: Patient Enrollment Navigators 
How we can realize the promise of health reform sooner.
By Pedro Toledo

Expanding Preventative Care to Mental Health
A paramedic’s perspective
By Jason Merrick

Modeling ‘Whole Person’ Health Care
Buckelew Programs promote physical and financial health for mental health clients
By Steve Ramsland, EdD

Good, Clean Air = Upstream Health Care
Monitoring Sonoma County’s high quality air and keeping it clear
By Barbara Lee

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

Cold Weather Comfort Food Goes Healthy
Make this Lentil Chili or Mac-n-Cheese
By Nancee Mertens & Leticia Gaitan